LVM + XFS/Ext3 (Was no space left on device: LVM, Gnus --> dpkg, apt-get ?)

["Tille, Andreas" <TilleA@rki.de>]

On 4 Jan 2002, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote:

>  I'm using LVM and XFS filesystems on my computer at home.  This
>  morning, after I pushed "g" from the Gnus *Group* buffer (to get new
>  mail), it stopped part way through with an error message.  Gnus
>  prompted me in the XEmacs minibuffer saying "no space left on device:
>  Continue (yes, no)?".  My 10g "/home" logical volume had filled up.
>
>  I opened a root console, used "lvextend" to add a few spare gigs to
>  my "/home" LV, then ran "xfs_growfs" to grow it's filesystem into the
>  new space.
I just installed my new 80GB disk using LVM.  I found out that it is not
possible to include even /boot and / partition into LVM if you want to
use grub, but this is no real problem (even if it would be nice).

I decided to use ext3 file systems in the LVM partitions and I wonder
if there is something like xfs_growfs for ext[23].  Not that I would
need it currently but just in case it is better to know now and to
switch to XFS at this moment than later if it is not possible.

Kind regards

         Andreas.